Emmett Rensin is an essayist in Chicago. His previous work has appeared in the New Republic, Vox, The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Review of Books (where is a contributing editor) and elsewhere. Follow him on Twitter: @revemmettrensin.
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Can Ferguson’s Black Community Claim Political Power?
Rev. and Missouri state Rep. Tommie Pierson, who has found himself in the eye of the storm, reflects on Ferguson's recent elections and the DOJ report.
Emmett Rensin
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On David Brooks and the “Moral Failures” of the Poor
We aren’t bereft of morals, as Brooks argues—we are plagued with bad ones that blame the poor for their own condition.
Emmett Rensin
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